The Giffen Guide to March Madness | 2026
The Action Network Sports Betting Podcast
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🗓️ 17 March 2026
⏱️ 40 minutes
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Summary
For a fifth consecutive year here on The Action Network Podcast, predictive analyst Dr. Nick Giffen returns with his Giffen Guide To March Madness episode. Alongside host Michael Calabrese, today's special edition of the podcast outlines a special moneyline rollover strategy, identifying March Madness participants that he believes have the most value to win three times and make the Elite 8. After yet another profitable year, he explains the rollover strategy and the math behind it, before diving into the reasoning behind all of his selections this time around. So tune in, and make your March a little more interesting with the Giffen Guide right here on The Action Network Podcast!
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| 0:52.5 | The NCAA tournament is here, and it's just what the doctor ordered. |
| 0:56.1 | So we had to bring this episode back again for another go-around. It's the fifth annual Dr. Nick Giffin's guide to March Madness. |
| 1:03.5 | We'll get into a little bit of everything in this episode. In the past, we've just let Nick Cook just turned over the whole thing to him. |
| 1:10.7 | But I'm going to essentially play the role of the audience here, pepper him with some questions as he gets into some of his methodology and everything under the sun as it relates to his guide. |
| 1:19.9 | But first, Nick, you know what? I don't care for these naysayers who are saying, oh, Cinderella's dead. |
| 1:26.3 | Oh, the juice is out of this tournament. You know, |
| 1:29.0 | the top four seeds are all double-digit favorites in the first rounds. And of course, it's going to be |
| 1:34.2 | super chalky again. This tournament has proven time and time again that you can't get your |
| 1:39.7 | arms around it. You know, the results from previous years do not roll over. In the case of this particular |
| 1:46.9 | season, so many of these teams are led by freshmen. And I understand that they have multi-million |
| 1:52.7 | dollar bodies and jump shots and everything else. But between the years, there's still 18 and 19-year-olds. |
| 1:58.1 | And when the pressure gets dialed up in March, unlike any other events, |
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